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TO MY INCONSTANT MISTRESS by THOMAS CAREW

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN THOU, POOR EXCOMMUNICATE
Last Line: DAMNED FOR THY FALSE APOSTASY.
Subject(s): UNFAITHFULNESS; INFIDELITY; ADULTERY; INCONSTANCY;

When thou, poor excommunicate
From all the joys of love, shalt see
The full reward and glorious fate
Which my strong faith shall purchase me,
Then curse thine own inconstancy.

A fairer hand than thine shall cure
That heart which thy false oaths did wound,
And to my soul a soul more pure
Than thine shall by Love's hand be bound,
And both with equal glory crown'd.

Then shalt thou weep, entreat, complain
To Love, as I did once to thee;
When all thy tears shall be as vain
As mine were then, for thou shalt be
Damned for thy false apostasy.



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